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The Arctic ship Fox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Angus B. Erskine  and
Kjell-G. Kjaer
Angus B. Erskine
Affiliation:
16 Braid Farm Road, Edinburgh EH10 6LF
Kjell-G. Kjaer
Affiliation:
Daerlengengt 16B, 0567 Oslo, Norway
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Abstract

The ship Fox, built in Aberdeen in 1855 as a yacht, was used by Francis Leopold McClintock on his successful search for relics of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. She was then chartered for one summer for Allen Young and John Rae to survey a route for a trans-Atlantic cable via the Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland, after which she was in the services of the Kryolith Mine og Handelsselskabet, based at Ivigtut, southwest Greenland, for many years. In 1905, under charter, she made a historically significant voyage to Thule in northwest Greenland. After this she was owned by the Kongelige Grønlanske Handel and used for coastal freighting, until in 1912 she was condemned and abandoned in Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) Harbour, where remnants may be seen today.

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Polar Record , Volume 33 , Issue 185 , April 1997 , pp. 123 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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